Women in England in the Middle Ages

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Ward spent much of her career at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where she taught medieval and regional history. Since retirement, she has continued with historical research and writing on Essex and East Anglian history as well as on medieval women. Publications include:  English Noblewomen in the Later Middle Ages ; Women of the English Nobility and Gentry 1066-1500 ; and Women in Medieval Europe 1200-1500 . Klappentext Medieval women faced many of the problems of their modern counterparts in bringing up their families, balancing family and work, and responding to the demands of their communities. Of many women in the period of a thousand years before 1500 we know little or nothing, though their typical ways of life, on farms or in the towns, can be reconstructed with accuracy from a variety of sources. We know more about a far smaller number of elite women, including queens such as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Margaret of Anjou; noblewomen, whose characters and attitudes can be sensed directly or indirectly; and a variety of religious women. Literary sources help flesh out real attitudes, such as those of Chaucer's Wife of Bath. Jennifer Ward shows the life-cycle of medieval women, from birth, via marriage and child-rearing, to widowhood and death. She also brings out the slow changes in the position of women over a millennium. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Women's Worlds; 2 Marriage; 3 Wife and Mother; 4 Widows; 5 Work; 6 Noblewomen; 7 Queens; 8 Nuns and Religious Women; 9 Charity and Lay Religion; 10 Death; Platesection; Further Reading

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Ward, Jennifer C. Ward
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.10.2006
• EAN: 9781852853464
• ISBN: 978-1-85285-346-4
• Pagine: 302
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Gender studies: women, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Gender studies: women and girls, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE